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23 February 2008 (Vol 336, No 7641)
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This week's Editor's choice

Prognosis and politics
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.574525.DE
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This week's Editorials

Prognostic modelling in traumatic brain injury
David Menon, David Harrison
BMJ  2008;336:397-398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.616991.80, (Published 12 February 2008)
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Preventing back pain
Niels Wedderkopp, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde
BMJ  2008;336:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39464.656007.80, (Published 31 January 2008)
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Familial risks of oral clefts
Melissa Lees
BMJ  2008;336:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.657685.80, (Published 4 February 2008)
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The involvement of private companies in NHS general practice
Chris Salisbury
BMJ  2008;336:400-401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39490.412755.80, (Published 14 February 2008)
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Treatment delays in ST elevation myocardial infarction
Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Jens Flensted Lassen
BMJ  2008;336:401-402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.482419.80
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This week's Letters

Calcium supplementation: Results may not be generalisable
Joan M Lappe, Robert P Heaney
BMJ  2008;336:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.476667.1F
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Calcium supplementation: Some issues on outcomes
Jinelle N Ramlackhansingh
BMJ  2008;336:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.741817.BE
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Calcium supplementation: Confounders were ignored
Luca Puccetti
BMJ  2008;336:403-404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.418704.1F
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Calcium supplementation: Data were misrepresented
Wendy S Biggs
BMJ  2008;336:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.484086.1F
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Calcium supplementation: Authors’ reply
Ian R Reid, Mark J Bolland, Gregory D Gamble, Andrew Grey
BMJ  2008;336:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.575289.BE
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Does cot death still exist?: SIDS is not a disease entity
Leonard H P Williams
BMJ  2008;336:404-405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.404722.1F
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia: The term BPH is misused
Paul Abrams
BMJ  2008;336:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.447361.1F
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Mental Capacity Act: Clarification
Peter Simmons
BMJ  2008;336:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.410498.1F
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Mental Capacity Act: How research is affected
Andrew J Ludman
BMJ  2008;336:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.443900.1F
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User involvement: Participatory approach works
Anne MacFarlane, Mary O’Reilly-de Brún, Tomas de Brún
BMJ  2008;336:405-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.439421.1F
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PPRS: Not dead yet
Jim Furniss
BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.635556.BE
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Strategies for statins: The CASE for fire and forget
L Sam Lewis
BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.452650.1F
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Strategies for statins: Treat to target benefits no one
D Graham Mackenzie, Philip Rutledge
BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.435556.1F
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Medical students' sex lives: A snippet is not enough
Neville W Goodman
BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.655451.3A
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Intensive glucose lowering arm of diabetes trial is stopped after excess deaths
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;336:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.527384.DB
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BMA proposes range of measures to tackle alcohol misuse
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2008;336:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.570185.C2
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In brief
BMJ  2008;336:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.744340.DB
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Charity condemns child survival "lottery"
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2008;336:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.529306.DB
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Abortion becomes hot political issue in run up to Italian election
Fabio Turone
BMJ  2008;336:408-409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.585683.C2
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Bipartisan approach to improve health of Aboriginal people may prove difficult
Stephen Pincock
BMJ  2008;336:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.479491.DB
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BMA polls GPs on extended hours and private provision
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;336:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.713229.DB
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Government must do more to support war veterans, MPs say
Helen Mooney
BMJ  2008;336:410-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.421655.DB
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Health secretary defends decision to restrict entry of overseas medical graduates
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2008;336:410-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.340289.DB
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Artist consults children over works for new centre
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;336:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.664398.DB
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BMA calls for NHS constitution
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.552778.DB
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Four deaths and 350 adverse events lead to US recall of heparin
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2008;336:412-413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.419248.DB
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GPs challenge London PCTs as practice contracts go to private companies
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;336:412-413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.687245.DB
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Indian doctors hope kidney scandal will spur cadaver donation programme
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.470579.DB
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Health situation in Gaza is "grim," UN relief chief says
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.355046.DB
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Gynaecologist is suspected of performing dozens of unnecessary oophorectomies
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.634514.DB
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South African drug companies are found guilty of price fixing
Pat Sidley
BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.390069.DB
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High cost of abortion is associated with lower pregnancy rate, US study finds
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.606389.C2
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This week's Short cuts

All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2008;336:414-415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39492.619248.80
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This week's Feature

Doctors’ education: the invisible influence of drug company sponsorship
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2008;336:416-417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.430336.DB
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Drug Research: Balancing Big Pharma’s books
Andrew Jack
BMJ  2008;336:418-419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.469005.94
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This week's Observations

Only Connect: When networks can teach us about drug use
Nicholas A Christakis
BMJ  2008;336:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.537396.59
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This week's Analysis

Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far
Allyson M Pollock, Sylvia Godden
BMJ  2008;336:421-424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.505556.80
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This week's Research

Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients
MRC CRASH Trial Collaborators
BMJ  2008;336:425-429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.643438.25, (Published 12 February 2008)
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Effect of training and lifting equipment for preventing back pain in lifting and handling: systematic review
Kari-Pekka Martimo, Jos Verbeek, Jaro Karppinen, Andrea D Furlan, Esa-Pekka Takala, P Paul F M Kuijer, Merja Jauhiainen, Eira Viikari-Juntura
BMJ  2008;336:429-431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39463.418380.BE, (Published 31 January 2008)
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Familial risk of oral clefts by morphological type and severity: population based cohort study of first degree relatives
Åse Sivertsen, Allen J Wilcox, Rolv Skjærven, Hallvard Andreas Vindenes, Frank Åbyholm, Emily Harville, Rolv Terje Lie
BMJ  2008;336:432-434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.563611.AE, (Published 4 February 2008)
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This week's Clinical review

Management of depression in adults
Markku Timonen, Timo Liukkonen
BMJ  2008;336:435-439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39478.609097.BE
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This week's Practice

Quality Improvement Report: Improving early management of bloodstream infection: a quality improvement project
Jane Minton, James Clayton, Jonathan Sandoe, Hugh Mc Gann, Mark Wilcox
BMJ  2008;336:440-443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39454.634502.80
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A Patient's Journey: Xeroderma pigmentosum
Sandra Webb
BMJ  2008;336:444-446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39485.698356.AD
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10-Minute Consultation: Asthma unresponsive to simple treatment in a child
Niamh O’Carroll, John Fitzsimons, Siobhán Carr
BMJ  2008;336:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.672940.47
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This week's Views & reviews

Spring awakening
Trevor Trueman
BMJ  2008;336:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39485.491493.C2
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Review of the Week: I’m still standing
Colin Currie
BMJ  2008;336:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.702523.59
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From the Frontline: A virtual no life
Des Spence
BMJ  2008;336:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.417442.59
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Outside the Box: The business of health
Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2008;336:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.665891.59
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Between the Lines: Too much claret
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2008;336:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.647998.59
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Medical Classics: Beware of Pity
Jerry O’Sullivan
BMJ  2008;336:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.678657.59
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This week's Obituaries

Keith Ball
Bryan Kirby, Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2008;336:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.657616.BE
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John Allison
Marjorie E M Allison, Audrey J Hobbs
BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39484.733403.BE
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Aeneas Mackay Fisher
D J Dye
BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.602454.BE
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Mahendra Gopinathan
Martyn Lobley
BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39484.746887.BE
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Brian Lake
Andrew Sims
BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.624028.BE
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Derek John Llewellyn
Nigel C H Stott
BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.677604.BE
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John O’Hara Tobin
William Tobin
BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39483.734016.BE
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This week's Minerva

BMJ  2008;336:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39492.418380.80
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Chandra S Puli, Miles Allison
BMJ  2008;336:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39492.409942.80
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This week's Fillers

Ashes to ashes
David Lockington
BMJ  2008;336:424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.593137.AD
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Call for papers: International Conference on Doctors’ Health
BMJ  2008;336:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.586551.DE
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This week's Corrections

Doctors urged to take up challenge of climate change
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.682650.AD
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Safer by design
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.690741.AD
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